Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People are losing their appetite for 8 p.m. dinners, as 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. reservations are on the rise, according to dining trend ...

First off, if you consider dinner to be a mid-day meal, that's fine. I'm talking about the final major meal of the day, though. I'm going out with friends tonight and they made a reservation for 8 pm.

I used to tease my parents that if they started eating dinner at 4:30 or 5 p.m., it was the first official sign of old age. And because they have a good sense of humor, whenever they would hop out for ...